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タクシーカタツムリ
おな
くらいのろのろ
すす
んでいる
ように
おも
えた

The taxi seemed to go as slowly as a snail.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
taxi
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0
Most common form: 蝸牛
noun
1. snail  (see also: でで虫; でんでんむし is more col.; often written with kana only)
2. cochlea  (see also: 蝸牛殻; abbreviation)
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0
noun or verb acting prenominally, noun
1. same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike
2. (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
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3
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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1
slowly; sluggishly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to advance; to go forward
2. to precede; to go ahead (of)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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3
to seem; to appear likely
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Kanji
ドウ   おな same   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   すす to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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little bird
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move
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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